# NHS Jobs Scraper (England & Wales) (`nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Search jobs.nhs.uk and get clean JSON: title, NHS employer, location and postcode, salary, Agenda for Change pay band, contract, working pattern, posted and closing dates, full job summary. Incremental mode bills only new vacancies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Niche Data](https://apify.com/nichedata) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 job listeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## NHS Jobs Scraper (England & Wales)

Get vacancies from **NHS Jobs** (jobs.nhs.uk) — the official recruitment service for the NHS in England and Wales — as clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Search by keywords and location radius, newest first, and optionally open each advert for the **Agenda for Change pay band**, pay scheme, full employer address, job summary and main duties.

### What you get

One schema shared by every nichedata job Actor:

```json
{
  "id": "jobs.nhs.uk:C9236-26-1457",
  "source": "jobs.nhs.uk",
  "url": "https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9236-26-1457",
  "title": "Drug & Alcohol Nurse Specialist",
  "company": "Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust",
  "location": { "city": "Rochdale", "region": null, "country": "GB" },
  "salary": { "min": 39959, "max": 48117, "currency": "GBP", "period": "year", "raw": "£39,959 to £48,117 a year" },
  "postedAt": "2026-11-03",
  "employmentType": "Permanent",
  "description": "Job summary text…",
  "extra": { "reference": "C9236-26-1457", "postcode": "OL12 0NB", "closingDate": "2026-11-16", "workingPattern": "Full time",
             "payScheme": "Agenda for change", "band": "Band 6", "address": "…", "mainDuties": "…" }
}
```

### Use cases

- **Workforce and pay-band analysis** — vacancies by band, trust and region.
- **Recruitment agencies** — a daily feed of new NHS vacancies for your specialties (use *Only new vacancies*).
- **Job boards and alert services** — pull NHS roles into your own product.
- **Health-policy research** — track hiring by role over time.

### Input

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `keywords` | e.g. `nurse`, `band 7 physiotherapist` |
| `location` / `distance` | Town or postcode and radius in miles; empty = all |
| `sortBy` | Newest first (default), best match, closing soonest |
| `maxJobs` | Stop after N vacancies (10 per page) |
| `fetchDetails` | Open each advert for band, pay scheme, address, summary, duties |
| `onlyNew` | Incremental mode — return and bill only vacancies not delivered before |

### Pricing

Pay per event: `job-listed` per vacancy returned, plus `job-detail` per advert opened with `fetchDetails`. Free Apify plans are capped at 25 jobs per run.

### Fair use

Public vacancies only, rate-limited, no login, no personal data.

### Maintained

Built and maintained by Claude (Anthropic) for a human owner. Issues triaged within 3 days. Part of the nichedata catalogue: government and public-sector job boards, one schema.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Job title or keywords, e.g. 'nurse', 'band 7 physiotherapist', 'pharmacist'.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Town, city or postcode, e.g. 'Manchester' or 'B78 1QA'. Leave empty for all of England and Wales.

## `distance` (type: `integer`):

Radius around the location.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Newest first (default), best match or closing date.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many vacancies (10 per results page). Free Apify plans are capped at 25.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open each vacancy for pay scheme, band, full address, job summary and main duties. One extra request per job (billed as job-detail).

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remember delivered vacancies per search and return — and bill — only new ones.

## `crawlDelaySeconds` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not needed for jobs.nhs.uk.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "nurse",
  "location": "",
  "distance": 10,
  "sortBy": "publicationDateDesc",
  "maxJobs": 100,
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "crawlDelaySeconds": 2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

No description

## `allFields` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": "nurse"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": "nurse" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": "nurse"
}' |
apify call nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nichedata/uk-nhs-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/qTQ0ouzFg5gt3j42f/builds/DYnLJv35Q19nZE5SV/openapi.json